Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-26

me distinctive crop each year which ripens.
n November, and the others are merel".-a
sort of perennial accidents.
Mr.. Murphy has also a Seeding ,encp
which is of excellent quality az dis beins
largely budded from. The l. .ctor trees Of
Mr.. Murphy's are very pre- ,ifIc and com
mand, if sold in Mays ,t,le market sew
cents per dom and he has had
as high as 5000 upon. a single tree in one
season. The trees. are eighteen years old,
and are always oaded with ripe or green
fruit, and At my be said always have both
kinds upon tAem.
Mr.. Murphy also has four very fine Or
ange treef3 of same age as the trees above
referred to, and which are excellent bearers.
He keeps his trees thoroughly fortified,
and lrrigates them, and claims that grass
skould never be allowed to grow around
citrus trees if good bearing results are
sought. He, therefore, asserts that orange
and lemon trees cannot be treated as lawn
trees and get best results from them. An
other thing which he says citrus fruit grow
ers must learn is that the trees should
never be pruned, but allowed 10 grow
as low down as possible. Pruning, he
claims, makes the tree send out new wood,
and so long as il is engaged in this work of
nature, il will not fulfill the other functions
that of bearing fruit. Orange trees do
not bear every year about Marysville, like
the lemon, but while there are generally
some oranges always to be seen on the
trees, the crops generally come on alternate
years. Some trees, however, will one-balf
of the tree bear one year and the other
half the next. This is a peculiar phe-
nomenon, but many OF the trees will keep
it up regularly.
Mrs. VIM. Karr, of Marysville, has about
ole-fourth of block of land in we'll ma
tured orange trees OF. different varieties.
Also some lemon trees, all of which, as is
well-known by exhibits at our citrus
fairs, bear excellent fruit and very pro-
ILLEGALLY. From these trees she also
had a very fine display at the
fair. Smartsville is also represented in the
citrus line by some excellent specimens of
oranges of Mediterranean sweet variety.
These were grown on the hill red lands at
Smartsville, with irrigation from bitches
that previously supplied water for running
the hydraulic mines. These foothill lands,
with the water applied, will bear the finest
of all kinds OF citrus and other fruits, and
will, in few years, TEEN with small Or
chards, vineyards and farms, which will
yield golden returns to their owners
In the Yuba and Suffer county exhibit
were the finest pomegranates seen at the
fair, being from Browns Valley in the foot
hills, and others from the foot of the Mays
vile Buttes.
The general exhibits from Yuba and
Suffer, that accompanied the fine citrus dis
play, were worthy of the company they
kept. The contributors were as follows
Grains-By B. I. Walton, T. B. Hull, G
7. Starr, Yuba City; C. J..Newton, East
Butte; w. d. Combs. Marysville; Ira H
Wood, Meridian; H. s.. Graves, North
Butte, and A w. Oakley, Wheatland.
Broom corn-Bv VIM. Hake West Butte
Squashes and Vegetables-By 7. B. Hull,
Yuba City; G.. w. Peacock, Marysville
George Thompson, West Butte 7. Parke,
West Butte. Green Fruit-By r. o. Nc
MILAN, Marysville; Suffer Canning and
Packing Company, of Yuba City Fred.
Mahle, Honcut; James O'Brien, Smarts-
vile; J. NJ. C. Jasper, Wheatland J. II.
Purkiss and VIM. Jefferds; Browns valley,
A. c. Gray; Marysville, G. w. Peacock.
Almonds and other nuts,-By A. H. Will
bur, Yuba City; G. w. Hutchins and r
Hoskins, Marysyille. Dried fruits;-By J,
B. Oustott, r. c. Kells, Mrs. r. Kick and
Abbott & Phillips, Yuba City; G. W.
Hutchins, r. Hoskins, Marysville; J. II.
Purkiss, Browns valley. and C. J. Newton,
East Butte. Raisins-By C. Z. Williams
(crop of 1887 and VIM. Thompson, South
Butte. Also, wool, by H. s. Graves.
The exhibit from Sacramento county
will be further noticed during the present
week. There were many features in it,
such as new varieties of grains and fruits
and many articles and displays of especial
interest, which makes it desirable for more
extended notice than could be accorded in
the general review of county exhibits made
during the fair. Sacramento county well
earned proudest laurels by her display
both for the county and for the individual
contributors to the grand exposition of our
products.